Vol I. Credits

Chapter 17 - Contributor List

All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major contributions are listed by individual name with some detail on the nature of the contribution(s), date, contact info, etc. Minor contributions (typo corrections, etc.) are listed by name only for reasons of brevity. Please understand that when I classify a contribution as “minor,” it is in no way inferior to the effort or value of a “major” contribution, just smaller in the sense of less text changed. Any and all contributions are gratefully accepted. I am indebted to all those who have given freely of their own knowledge, time, and resources to make this a better book!

John Anhalt

Date(s) of contribution(s): December 2008

Nature of contribution: Updated lead-acid cell chemistry, Ch 11

Contact at: jpa@anhalt.org

Benjamin Crowell, Ph.D.

Date(s) of contribution(s): January 2001

Nature of contribution: Suggestions on improving technical accuracy of electric field and charge explanations in the first two chapters.

David M. St. Pierre (November 2007): Corrected spelling error in Andrew Tanenbaum’s name (from the title page of his book).

Geoffrey Lessel,Thompsons Station, TN (June 2005): Corrected typo error in Ch 1 “If this charge (static electricity) is stationary, and you won’t realize–remove If; Ch 2 “Ohm’s Law also make intuitive sense if you apply if to the water-and-pipe analogy.” s/if/it; Chapter 2 “Ohm’s Law is not very useful for analyzing the behavior of components like these where resistance is varies with voltage and current.” remove “is”; Ch 3 “which halts fibrillation and and gives the heart a chance to recover.” double “and”; Ch 3 “To be safest, you should follow this procedure is checking, using, and then checking your meter…. s/is/of.

LouTheBlueGuru, allaboutcircuits.com, July 2005 Typographical errors, in Ch 6 “the current through R1 is half:” s/half/twice; “current through R1 is still exactly twice that of R2” s/R3/R2